Turn 1Chaos lose the initiative roll and the compulsory move of the Vortex gives Stephen cause for concern as it moves backwards towards the Chaos Troops but stops just short. Who can fathom the reasons behind the creations of Tzeentch.
Speeding past the Emperors Summer Palace the Dark Angel Assault Company rushes into the midst of the Charging Chaos forces. ...To engage them at close quarters! Well, Richard did say he wanted to be aggressive...
The Death Wing and an Imperial Warhound move up to cover the Assault Companies attack. The Inquisitor moves into the Palace and gets comfy in the Emperors Jacuzzi while shouting stirring and comforting words out the window at the troops. ...Days of our Lives repeats are on the Emperors TV, he settles in for the long haul.
Chaos makes a general sweeping advance on the opposite flank securing an Objective.
The Centre shambles forward too.
The first Basilsik battery attempts to fire on the Cannon of Khorne but amazingly the attack falls short. The Chaos Cannons go after the Dark Angel Reaver and Devastators but with only marginal success. Killing a few Devestators and stripping two shilds from the Reaver. No Cannons blow up... yet.
The Imperial Fire improves as almost an entire Devastator Company attempts to target the Chaos Reaver but unfortunatly only manage to strip its shields, the range proving to be too great for many... IIRC. The remainder of the company tople a clutch of Trolls who fall over apparently dead. Yeah, right.
The Imperial Artillery pounds at the Chaos forces in the shanty town destroying two buildings and killing three units of Havocs and some other Minions in the wreckage. The Bloodthurster would have taken a hit but of course what did I roll on a 2+ to hit?.. yes, a one. Not to be my last.
The second Artillery Company strips a shields from one of the Warhounds and leaves one shieldless.  The Deathstrikes are safely launched from their vehicle platforms and speed off to worry the Chaos Warlord mightily. He had no AA units... Ulp!
The close combat phase proved upsetting for the Dark Angel Assault Company. The mortality rate was higher than expected. The piles of dead can be seen still on the table at the fore of the picture. At least the Emperors Children Chaos Champion got what he deserved. The biggest problem proved to be a detachment of Chaos Terminators that charged into the Loyalist Assault Marines at the last minuet, they cost the loyalists dearly but the company was still, as yet unbroken...
The Chaos line and Loyalist Assault Marines face each other in bitter hatred. Neither seem inclined to give ground.
The Advance Fire phase starts well for the Imperials. The Imperial Warlord fires its Warp Missile at one of the Chaos Warlord Titans (The Banelord). The missile skips in and out of reality. In micro seconds it reaches its target passing through the shields unstopped. The missile materialises within the Titan, misses the targeted reactor and explodes within the Titans Bridge killing whatever inhabited the once proud War Machine. Slowly, but inevitably the Titan smashes to the ground destroyed. Imperial cheering can be heard as the clamour dies down. Huzzah!
Shots are exchanged on both sides but when the dust clears a Chaos Warhound has been destroyed by the efforts of the Imperial Reaver and IG Leman Russ Company. A detachment of Juggers is also almost wiped out by a squad of Sentinals and all the Chaos Terminators (not Chaos Land Raiders) are anhialated by the Death Wing. I think my Plasma Blastgun armed Warhound went after the Bloodthurster but I didn't even cost Stephen a Chaos Card.